Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Health and Safety Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate
3:45 pm
Áine Collins (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I have one observation to make about inspectors. I have a colleague who worked for a multinational both here and in Germany. His view was that when the inspectors come in in Ireland they try to catch a person, whereas in Germany they ask what they can do to help. There is more liaison in Germany. I have heard this observation, rather than having any factual evidence. I get a lot of negative feedback on inspectors, but I do not know if it is because the Irish have an attitude to inspectors or because inspectors come with more authority here than elsewhere.